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Chapel Hill Officials Affirm Support for UNC Center for Civil Rights

Posted by Bruce Rosenbloom | May 10, 2017 | Local Government

An advocacy group that also serves as a training vehicle for law students at UNC-Chapel Hill may come screeching to a halt by order of university system officials. That group is the UNC Center for Civil Rights, whose mission was...

BOG Chairman: “We Need More Diversity on Our Board”

Posted by Staff | Mar 7, 2017 | UNC

The UNC Board of Governors currently houses 32 members, but that’s all about to change. A new law will shrink that number to 24 by mid-2019. The North Carolina Senate and House of Representatives appoint new board members every...

State Legislature to Consider Shrinking UNC BoG

Posted by Staff | Feb 8, 2017 | State Government

****UPDATE: The North Carolina House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed House Bill 39 on Wednesday. It now awaits action in the state Senate.**** As it stands now, the UNC System Board of Governors comprises 32 members....

General Assembly Addresses Legislation Important for UNC System

Posted by Staff | Jun 2, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education

The General Assembly has recently addressed two pieces of legislation that will be of great consequence for the UNC system. These policies, which are ultimately written by politicians, will have to be put into effect by the UNC...

UNC Board of Governors Anticipate Future Challenges

Posted by Staff | Jun 1, 2016 | Higher Education

Protesters have been asking for changes with the Board of Governors, but apparently the board is also interested in making some changes themselves. The Board of Governors discussed some of the key challenges the UNC system will...

UNC Chemistry Professor Receives Teaching Excellence Award

Posted by Staff | Mar 17, 2016 | Featured, UNC

UNC chemistry professor Michael Crimmins has been awarded a 2016 Teaching Excellence Award by the UNC Board of Governors. Crimmins has been a faculty member with the Department of Chemistry at UNC for 34 years. He also serves as...

Spellings: My Responsibility is to Serve Needs of Every Student and Tax Payer

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 1, 2016 | Featured, UNC

Tuesday was a busy day in higher education across North Carolina. It was Margaret Spellings’ first day as President of the UNC System after a process more than a year in the making. And protests were held on six campuses...

Protest Held on Margaret Spellings’ First Day as UNC System President

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 1, 2016 | Featured, UNC

Hundreds of students and faculty members at UNC gathered on Tuesday to protest the newly-minted UNC System President, Margaret Spellings. It didn’t take long for the chanting to start, just after 11 o’clock on Tuesday morning as...

NAACP Requests Records Over Hiring of Margaret Spellings as UNC System President

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 23, 2016 | Featured, UNC

A group delivered a public records request to the UNC System General Administration offices on Tuesday regarding the firing of Tom Ross as System President and the subsequent hiring of Margaret Spellings. Members of the North...

UNC Protester Says Group Will ‘Always’ Ask for Margaret Spellings’ Dismissal

Posted by Blake Hodge | Feb 1, 2016 | UNC

Four protesters were arrested at the UNC Board of Governors meeting last Tuesday. The group was protesting the election of Margaret Spellings at UNC System President. The magistrate did not find probably cause for charges...

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